policy documents Supporting a right to counsel
Prior to and during COVID-19, many national housing policy organizations have included a right to counsel for tenants facing eviction as part of their recommended housing platforms. These include:
- Center for American Progress - A Right to Counsel is a Right to a Fighting Chance
- Data for Progress - Homes for All and The Case for a Right to Counsel in Housing Court
- Local Housing Solutions - Legal Assistance for At-Risk Renters
- National Homelessness Law Center - Housing Not Handcuffs
- National Housing Justice Grassroots Table (which includes Center for Popular Democracy, Partnership for Working Families, People’s Action, and the Right to the City Alliance) - Our Homes, Our Health
- Peoples Action - National Homes Guarantee
- PolicyLink - All-In Cities and Strategies to Advance Racial Equity in Housing Response and Recovery
- Urban Displacement Project - Housing Precarity Risk Model
Additionally, many such organizations have started to make specific asks of the Biden Administration that include right to counsel for tenants facing eviction:
- National Housing Law Project
- National Legal Aid & Defender Association
- National Low Income Housing Coalition
- Opportunity Starts at Home
Other policy documents touching on right to counsel include: